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008 910426s1992 enka b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aGN666$b.L39 1992
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100 1 $aLayton, Robert,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87871055
245 10 $aAustralian rock art :$ba new synthesis /$cRobert Layton.
260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1992.
300 $axi, 284 pages :$billustrations ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-272) and index.
505 0 $aCh. 1. Anthropological and archaeological approaches to Australian rock art. A convergence of method. Recent Australian rock art. Continuity with other media -- Ch. 2. Rock art and indigenous religion. The social background. Rock art and the ancestral order in the western Kimberleys. Rock art and increase ceremonies: a comparative survey. Didactic role of paintings and engravings. Geometric rock art and religion in central Australia. Geometric rock art and other media. General conclusion: rock art and Australian religion -- Ch. 3. Rock art as an expression of secular and subversive themes. Secular rock art in the Oenpelli area. Comparative material. Capricious and malevolent figures. Iconography, style and cultural context -- Ch. 4. Rock art and the colonial impact. A visual history of trade and colonisation. The impact of colonisation. Regional variation in colonial history. Survival. Continuity -- Ch. 5. Putting statements in their cultural context. What is culture? Reading rock art.
505 8 $aLevels of explanation. Conjectural history. Evaluation of isolated statements -- Ch. 6. Figure and motif. The problem of subjectivity. Classification of geometric figures. Contemporary iconography of geometric rock art. The problem of Koonalda. Classification of figures in silhouette styles. Archaeological typologies of silhouette motifs. Simpler silhouette traditions -- Ch. 7. Stylistic variations in time and space. Definitions of technique. Definitions of style. Emblemic variation. Style classes. Definition of motif. Stencils. Geographical distribution of rock art styles. Distribution in time -- Ch. 8. Rock art and human adaptation in Australia. Changes in the natural environment. Changes in indigenous culture. The cultural context of Australian rock art. Vandalism and alienation.
650 0 $aRock paintings$zAustralia.
650 0 $aArt, Aboriginal Australian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007557
650 0 $aAboriginal Australians$xAntiquities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009604
651 0 $aAustralia$xAntiquities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009577
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